# Monty Python non sequitur thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 24, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218 "2010-04-24T16:36:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 431
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8612 "2021-08-08T12:40:38Z")
Well, you have to know these things when you’re a king, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8613 "2021-08-09T04:41:28Z")
(You used that same quotation just three posts earlier, **Prof. P.** ) “Old Nick the sea captain was a rough, tough, jolly sort of fellow. He loved the life of the sea, and he loved to hang out down by the pier, where the men dressed as ladies…” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8614 "2021-08-09T13:32:52Z")
(It’s non sequituuuuuuuur. I shall use it at my pleasure Just like…) No. 1. The Larch. The… Larch. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8615 "2021-08-09T15:33:47Z")
Course you don’t get bloody wafers with it! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8616 "2021-08-09T16:03:52Z")
Number one. The foot. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8617 "2021-08-09T18:03:02Z")
I’ll come in again. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8618 "2021-08-09T18:06:58Z")
We was too late… The Rev. Neuk saw the light. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8619 "2021-08-09T19:16:59Z")
_Beautiful girl:_(turning to Gaskell with bated breath) You are Sir Philip Sidney? _Gaskell:_ (warily) Possibly… but I may be Superintendent Gaskell of the Vice Squad. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8620 "2021-08-09T23:25:47Z")
Caption: ‘THE SEMAPHORE VERSION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8621 "2021-08-09T23:38:00Z")
We want to buy a mattress! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8622 "2021-08-10T00:35:27Z")
Old crone! Is there anywhere in this town where we could buy a shrubbery? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8623 "2021-08-10T13:54:05Z")
Then did we bust the Harry Tony mob, who did seek to import Scandinavian filth via Germany. For six years they cleaned up a packet - came the day I got whiff of them through a squealer and within one week did a mop-up right good. They’re now languishing doing five years’ bird in Parkhurst. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8624 "2021-08-10T14:03:36Z")
I remember Doug was keen on boxing, but when he learned to walk, he took up puttin’ the boot in the groin. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8625 "2021-08-10T14:56:21Z")
Wasn’t that just great, ladies and gentlemen, wait a minute we’ve got something else I just know you’re going to love. _(fanfares)_ Yes sir, coming right up - the Vocational Guidance Counsellor Sketch. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8626 "2021-08-10T15:08:42Z")
And now, a man with a tape recorder up his nose. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8627 "2021-08-10T15:52:32Z")
Ron is going to tunnel from Godalming here to Java here ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8628 "2021-08-10T20:17:18Z")
A tiger? In Africa? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8629 "2021-08-11T00:21:54Z")
Ew! With a gammy leg? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8630 "2021-08-11T00:49:24Z")
Well, it’s five past nine and nearly time for six past nine ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8631 "2021-08-11T00:54:53Z")
That was ‘A Minute Passed’, by John Finlissom. You can hear Episode Nine of ‘A Minute Passed’ tomorrow night at a minute past. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218.md?page=430) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218.md?page=432)